Chanda Rubin (right), former tennis champion, talks to Chad Jones (left) and Robert Colston, Jr. during the grand opening of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches Friday evening.

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Jason Pugh
jpugh@shreveporttimes.com

When he arrived here Friday, a day ahead of induction ceremonies for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, O'Neal made sure to welcome the media to "Shaq-itoches, Louisiana."

The comment was simply a matter of Shaq being Shaq. Hours before his induction, O'Neal showed his true grasp of the honor of being one of nine athletic inductees who officially joined the state athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday night at the Natchitoches Event Center. ...